The Saudi Persian Gulf coast from the north of the UAE to the south of Kuwait remained under the control of the Ottoman Empire.

But the region is sparsely populated and less strategically important than the Mesopotamian plains further north.

In this area of more than 100,000 square kilometers, the defenders of the Ottoman Empire were pitifully few, and most of them were newly formed new armies or militias that were not well trained enough.

It was impossible to rely on these men to fend off the Australasian attack, and in less than a week, the Australasian army had arrived in the Emirate of Kuwait, a colony already occupied by the British.

Upon hearing the news of the imminent arrival of the Australasian army, the British commissioner in Kuwait, the Kuwaiti sheikh and others had prepared a large amount of supplies to supplement the Australasian army.

Although only a little more than a week has passed since the landing in Qatar, there are sufficient supplies and it is impossible not to replenish.

Under the orders of the Kent division commander, the expeditionary force replenished the supplies in Kuwait City, and even the indigenous soldiers in the colony tasted fruits and fresh beef and mutton that they had not tasted for a long time.

Of course, it is more important to replenish weapons and ammunition and shells. Including clothing, military boots, military helmets, etc., which were consumed during the march, as well as medical supplies urgently needed by the army, a large number of replenishments were made to facilitate the next battle.

According to the agreement with the British side, half of these supplies were to be provided by the British and half by Australasia.

On 27 July, the Australasian Expeditionary Force restarted and marched north to conquer the plains of Mesopotamia, occupying important grain producing areas for the Ottoman Empire.

The Mesopotamian plains were well populated and one of the few large grain-producing regions in the Ottoman Empire.

This is what will become Iraq, and it is also an important rear of the current Ottoman Empire.

From an oil point of view alone, there is not a lot of oil in the Iraqi region, and the land area of this region is very large, in the Mesopotamian plain, which has a large area.

But because it's a plain area, there are too many indigenous people here. Compared to the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia, it is less conducive to rule.

The best option would be to exchange benefits from the British Empire for the UAE, Qatar and Bahrain, as well as Kuwait.

This would make it possible to establish a colony along the Persian Gulf coast from the UAE to Kuwait and to control more than half of the oil on the Mediterranean coast, and thus the price of oil worldwide.

None of these lands together have the same population as one Iraqi region, and although the population is small, the economic development is slow, and the development potential is not great.

The most important thing for Arthur is oil. A small population is an advantage, and there will be fewer rebellions, so it is better to turn it into a new royal territory and form the Royal Oil Company.

Although Kuwait and Qatar are still under British control, Arthur does not intend to spit out the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia.

On the Saudi Persian Gulf coast from northern Qatar to southern Kuwait, although most of the Australasian Expeditionary Force had left, Division Commander Martin, under Arthur's orders, left the First Colonial Division to guard it, and the United States called it to temporarily manage order in the area.

Although the 1st Colonial Division is currently understaffed, the total number of personnel is only about 15,000.

But it's okay to hold the area, as the Persian Gulf is connected to the Indian Ocean and can be supplied with material support from Australasia at any time.

The possible enemy of the 1st Colonial Division was the Emir State of Rashid, and the Ottomans no longer had the strength to launch an offensive in this area.

The natives were so vulnerable that they only needed a few machine guns to hold the area.

After the fall of Constantinople, the combined forces of Britain, France, and Russia soon arrived in the ancient city, and together with a small number of Australasian troops, they worked together to maintain order in Constantinople.

As for why Britain, France and Russia moved so quickly, it was because of the very important geographical location of Constantinople, which was the bottleneck of Russia's Black Sea to the Mediterranean.

Because the strait between Constantinople and the opposite shore was relatively narrow, this also meant that Constantinople's coastal defense artillery could cover the entire strait at any time.

Previously, it was precisely because of the Ottoman Empire's control of this strait that the Russians were basically unable to obtain material support from the Mediterranean.

Now in control of Constantinople, a large number of fleets from Britain and France have poured into the Black Sea, and Russia has provided a large amount of material and weapon support, and Russia has the courage to resist on the front line.

Of course, it was precisely the dependence on the material support of Britain and France that made it impossible for Russia to occupy Constantinople alone, and Britain and France would never agree.

Therefore, the best thing to do was for the four major Entente powers to jointly control Constantinople. There was no room for retreat, and the final outcome might be to return Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire, or to a new state.

The hundreds of thousands of Balkan troops who had previously besieged Constantinople crossed to the other side to attack the Asia Minor Peninsula after the fall of Constantinople.

This also increased the pressure on the Ottoman Empire again, and the Entente enemies faced on all major fronts exceeded a million, which the current Ottoman Empire simply could not bear.

On August 3, 1915, after several days of Australasian troops rampage through the Mesopotamian plain, the Ottoman Empire finally could not bear it anymore and contacted representatives of Britain, France, Russia and Australia to begin suing for peace.

According to the current posture of the war, let alone maintaining a huge Ottoman Empire after the war, I am afraid that all the major areas will not be able to be saved, and it is already considered a high incense to keep the Turkish region.

Negotiations with the Ottomans were much slower than those with Bulgaria, because the Bulgarian war involved not many foreign powers, and Russia was separated by Romania, and it was not realistic for Russia to want to carve up its interests from Bulgaria.

But the Ottoman Empire was different. The Ottoman Empire was adjacent to Russia, England, and Australasia also had ideas about it.

Although France has no interests in the vicinity, Britain, Australia and Russia have all divided their interests, so it is naturally impossible to skip France.

Besides, the Entente invested millions of troops in the Ottoman Empire, and if they couldn't knock the Ottoman Empire hard, wouldn't this deal be a loss?

On August 5, 1915, countries ceased fire in the Ottoman Empire because peace talks with the Ottoman Empire were imminent.

Of course, this is only a temporary ceasefire. The Ottoman Empire could not offer a price that would satisfy the Entente, and I was afraid that the war would be more violent.

On August 11, unilateral peace talks between the Entente and the Ottoman Empire took place in Constantinople.

Constantinople, known as Istanbul by the Ottoman Empire, was the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

Of course, long before Istanbul was besieged, the Ottomans moved their capital to Ankara on the peninsula of Asia Minor.

Looking at the familiar city in front of them, the traces of war made the representatives of the Ottoman Empire smile bitterly, and when faced with the pressure of the Entente, they had to bow their heads again and again.

The Entente agreed to the Ottoman Empire's request for peace, but each country also had its own demands for Ottoman reparations.

The first is the land requirements. The Russians demanded expansion in the Caucasus, the British in the Middle East, and Australasia wanted colonies on the coast of the Persian Gulf.

Even the French, who had little demand, were demanding some of the land on the other side of French Somalia.

It didn't matter if the Ottomans agreed or not, even if the Ottomans didn't, the Entente forces would be able to get the land they wanted.

The problem was that the Entente had to reach a unity, and the countries could not conflict over territorial claims, since a piece of land could only be divided among one country.

The only thing that did not conflict was Russia. What the Russians are asking for is the Caucasus, a region where there are no other neighboring countries except for the Qajar dynasty in Iran, and no one will rob Russia.

As for Anglo-French and Australasia, there are some problems with the territorial aspects of the claims.

On the opposite bank of French Somalia, which the French wanted, it happened to be adjacent to the British protectorate of British Aden.

The area was the equivalent of what would later become Yemen, and was currently occupied by the Ottoman Empire in the west, with the British Protectorate of Aden and parts of the British-controlled indigenous states in the east.

However, the French did not have such a strong desire for the desired area, and the British directly exchanged more military support for France's agreement to divide the entire Yemeni region by the British alone.

And that's not all, the British also claimed sovereignty over the emir state of Mecca, which would also lead to the expansion of the empire of the empire on which the sun never sets, in a circle around the entire Arabian Peninsula controlled by the British.

On the coast of the Persian Gulf, Australasia wanted the coastal area of the Emir of Rashid in the Persian Gulf and claimed access to Mesopotamia.

The British Empire's expansion in the Persian Gulf was not much, but in fact, it was also because most of the land in this area had fallen under British control, and there was nothing to expand.

However, the British Empire was equally interested in the Mesopotamian plain's access to the sea.

To put it mildly, it would control the future Ottoman Empire's access to the Indian Ocean. At best, the outlet to the sea would stretch across the Mesopotamian Plain, and it would even allow it to take control of the Ottoman Empire.

After all, after the partition of the territory, the Ottoman Empire's sphere of influence was only Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Lebanon and Jordan, and its sphere of influence had been greatly reduced.

Compared to the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia, it is not interested in the Persian Gulf coast of Iraq.

But only by claiming this area can it be used to trade with the British in exchange for other areas that Arthur wants, such as Qatar and Bahrain.

As can be seen from the map, the British Empire has taken control of the truce states, which are the mouths of the Persian Gulf coast.

In other words, the British Empire could have controlled the Persian Gulf coast through truces, so Qatar and Bahrain were not as important.

After all, Qatar and Bahrain together are only more than 10,000 square kilometers of land, and there are no mineral resources, so the development value and potential are relatively small.

The Mesopotamian plain has a sufficient number of indigenous people, and it is still an excellent grain-producing area, and the production resources are more abundant than those of Qatar and Bahrain, and the development potential is undoubtedly greater.

After the British also made a claim to the Mesopotamian plain to the sea, Australasian diplomats were relieved and prepared to negotiate privately with the British representatives.

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